Lucknow, October 18: Two teenagers were killed and three others suffered burns in separate incidents related to bursting of crackers on Diwali, police said.
Shiva (16) was killed and one Yash (10) seriously injured when three fire cracker shops caught fire at Garhmukteshwar area in Ghaziabad last evening. Parts of burst crackers fell in the shops leading to the accident.
In Kaushalpuri area of Kanpur district, a teenager identified as Sonu (14) was killed when a cylinder exploded after a house caught fire from crackers stored in a room, police said.
In a separate incident two persons, Aurangzeb and Aman Ali, suffered burns as crackers they were carrying caught fire and exploded in Kareli area of Allahabad district this morning.
Police said the injured were admitted to district hospital, where their condition was stated to be stable.
–Agencies